Drl Light Trouble Finally Found

number1alero · 05-10-2006, 01:02 PM

Well they finally found the trouble behind my DRL parking lamps fuse continually blowing....it was a foot long piece of wire that was melted on the radio wiring harness (the part right behind the harness going to the fuse block) and it caused a part of my dimming wire on my radio to melt, which explained why i was having some troubles with my radio in the first place....anywho, they are replacing the entire wiring harness and told the warranty company that it was the stock radio in there (thank god)

otherwise this would have cost me over $400, but now its only $100 deductible plus accessory fees that the warranty wont cover.

moral to the story BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY!!!
i think we paid like $1200 for the extended warranty and it has already paid huge dividends, ive had like $2000 in repairs now (catalytic converter, this wiring harness, bad passenger side strut)

battistoni21 · 05-10-2006, 01:04 PM

glad to hear that you fixed everything

.... i woulda got the extended warranty, but i got mine used

number1alero · 05-10-2006, 01:34 PM

yea...only problem is its gonna take all afternoon cause they gotta take the entire dash out and all to get to the damn thing

battistoni21 · 05-10-2006, 01:40 PM

that sucks...... dayummmm i didn't know that you were going to get it done today.... i thought you already had it fixed lol

Satsuriku · 05-10-2006, 01:51 PM

bloddy weak dude!!

well im glad you found out what is was man. i also would have gotton the extender warrenty but mine was also used but i got the powertrain warrently for 1 year which was nice.....even though i never had to use the damn thing

SweetNLow · 05-10-2006, 05:29 PM

drl's suck. i wouldve left it alone

number1alero · 05-10-2006, 10:26 PM

^^^ until the cops see you driving along without running taillights at night and ticket you

SweetNLow · 05-10-2006, 10:52 PM

oh it was affecting your taillights too? i didnt know that....

and i agree with u.... extended warrenty is well worth the money

number1alero · 05-10-2006, 11:11 PM

yea the mechanic at the shop said hes never seen anything like it before...that the wire going to the radio would cause fuses for parking lamps to blow causing running lights and the DRLs to not function....perhaps a good reason why Oldsmobile got the axe, the mechanic said only Oldsmobiles have all this extra wiring and garbage of which is what i specifically had trouble with

sound_xtreme · 05-13-2006, 02:15 PM

wiring is the same as any other nbody. not why olds got the axe.

brsexton · 05-13-2006, 04:38 PM

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Originally posted by sound_xtreme@May 13 2006, 01:15 PM
wiring is the same as any other nbody. not why olds got the axe.

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Exactly..Go pull the dash out on a Malibu or GrandAm and the wiring will be the same.

number1alero · 05-13-2006, 06:47 PM

either way im glad olds got the axe...i really regret purchasing this car 3 years ago...been nothing but trouble from day one...but at least it has been a decent college car, not great, but enough to get by on

FormulaNERD · 05-13-2006, 08:09 PM

maybe your face should get the axe

SweetNLow · 05-13-2006, 09:08 PM

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Originally posted by FormulaNERD@May 13 2006, 08:09 PM
maybe your face should get the axe

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haha agreed!

scsralero · 05-14-2006, 01:12 AM

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maybe your face should get the axe

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haha agreed!

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number1alero · 05-14-2006, 02:24 AM

haha u guys think olds is the best thing ever....that why its only a daily driver for me...i got a better car that will make any olds anybody on this board owns look like its standing still...u can trash talk all you want but ill trash talk on the strip

SweetNLow · 05-14-2006, 02:31 AM

whats your other car dude.

yes most of us on here do love olds cause we love our cars. it goes deeper than that for me as olds has been a family tradition for 3 generations now.

i think nerd said what he did because u made and IGNORANT STATEMENT....... saying that olds was the worse division of gm and so on....... when the fact is that oldsmobiles were built on the same plateforms as other gm vechicals........ makeing them identical interms of powertrain,electrical and so on.

but then again u seem to be a smart car guy so u mustve known that already.

alero440 · 05-22-2006, 10:03 AM

Im on my 2nd alero and I have only had minor maintance issues. When I got t-boned and my car was on the verge of being totalled I was seriously considering getting another one, but then thought 3 aleros in a row is a bit obsessive. I love my car, as so others on here. If you hate your car so much, get rid of it and leave the site.